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as in lurches
to make a series of unsteady side-to-side motions
the boat tossed to and fro in the heavy seas
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as in fidgets
to make jerky or restless movements
tossed and turned in bed all night, unable to sleep in the heat
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as in throws
to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm
toss that football over here
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as in discards
to get rid of as useless or unwanted
we need to go through the basement and toss whatever we don't use
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Recent Examples of tosses
At The Happy Crane, Parry gives the char siu treatment to rich Iberico pork jowl, steams and grinds his own rice for the crab rice roll, and tosses Monterey abalone and Jimmy Nardello peppers into a smoking wok with XO sauce.
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Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
The Royals suffered another crushing defeat and are now 16-15 in 2026 when their pitcher tosses a quality start.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
When a female of the species shows up to check out a male’s fancy digs, the male tosses his shiniest objects in her direction and shows off his plumage in hopes of impressing her.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Overthrows and underthrows and tosses otherwise off target.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Flo Rida tosses a rose offstage during a performance in Oslo, Norway, on May 20.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
In a video demonstrating their technology, robots with a single arm attached to a base watch as a human instructor tosses a ball into a small container.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Sneak extra broccoli into dinner with this pesto pasta that blends the veggie into both the sauce and tosses it into the finished dish too.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Another day, as Mom loads the children into the car, Jeremy tosses a basketball against the house, again and again, his passive aggression registering through the ball’s unyielding thuds and his own frozen gaze.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Becky Duffett, Bon Appetit Magazine, 8 June 2026
The Royals suffered another crushing defeat and are now 16-15 in 2026 when their pitcher tosses a quality start.
—Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 3 June 2026
When a female of the species shows up to check out a male’s fancy digs, the male tosses his shiniest objects in her direction and shows off his plumage in hopes of impressing her.
—ArsTechnica, 2 June 2026
Overthrows and underthrows and tosses otherwise off target.
—Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 27 May 2026
Flo Rida tosses a rose offstage during a performance in Oslo, Norway, on May 20.
—People Staff, PEOPLE, 22 May 2026
In a video demonstrating their technology, robots with a single arm attached to a base watch as a human instructor tosses a ball into a small container.
—Katia Riddle, NPR, 24 Apr. 2026
Sneak extra broccoli into dinner with this pesto pasta that blends the veggie into both the sauce and tosses it into the finished dish too.
—Patricia S York, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Another day, as Mom loads the children into the car, Jeremy tosses a basketball against the house, again and again, his passive aggression registering through the ball’s unyielding thuds and his own frozen gaze.
—Richard Brody, New Yorker, 12 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for tosses
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The film unhurriedly lurches from one markedly similar fight scene to the next, with only Skeletor’s occasional injections of ripe innuendo to liven them up a bit.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
2 June 2026
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By the end, Noonan’s film stops feeling like a first date and starts to resemble the makings of a crime scene as his mood lurches toward something dangerous.—
Ryan Lattanzio,
IndieWire,
1 May 2026
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The man fidgets, shifts around in his seat and fixates on Zarutska before pulling out a small knife and striking her multiple times around her neck.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
8 Sep. 2025
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Crossing several time zones throws that internal clock out of sync, so your gut’s timing no longer matches your destination.—
Ryan Brennan,
Kansas City Star,
12 June 2026
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Phongam plays off Jittri’s steam-rolling ambition to electrifying results in a rather addictive Thai thriller series that throws a lot of story at ya.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
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Try the Storm Chaser, which sends you into a zero-gravity fall, catches you in a funnel, then discards you into a pool below.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
18 Feb. 2026
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At the same time, Gans discards the psychological and spatial logic that gave meaning to the original telling’s dream-like sense of disorientation.—
Alison Foreman,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2026
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Republican political consultants are skeptical that Paxton’s place on the ballot sways the needle for Democrats.—
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
9 June 2026
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Now the castle is in ruins (though with explanatory signage), with hiking paths, a museum, and a 1,200-foot pedestrian suspension bridge that sways 300 feet above the valley floor.—
Tribune News Service,
Baltimore Sun,
8 June 2026
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When Brian and Murtagh report that Dougal offended the Grants and Colum had to promise Ellen’s hand to appease the situation, Lord Lovat squirms.—
Lincee Ray Published,
EW.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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The team’s most prominent celebrity fan, filmmaker Spike Lee, hurls trash talk from his courtside seat.—
Albert Samaha,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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Theron, meanwhile, hurls herself into the sinewy action sequences that have increasingly been her home turf over the past two decades, flinging herself down hills and into rivers and navigating some precarious rock-climbing terrain.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
24 Apr. 2026
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An oil tanker unloads crude oil at a terminal at the port in Qingdao, in China's eastern Shandong province on March 11, 2026.—
Anniek Bao,
CNBC,
27 Mar. 2026
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After his dreams are all but dashed, Shah unloads on himself.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Tosses.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/tosses. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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